Carson, Arthur Frederick Copithorne (Pilot Officer)

Blenheim Mk IV N-3564 collided with 20 OTU Wellington Mk Ia N-2900 on take-off for a night training flight, both machines burst into flames and crashed.

Blenheim N3564 AC2 Trevor George Adams RAF KIA St. George Church Cemetery Wootton Northamptonshire. Pilot Officer Arthur Frederick Copithorne Carson RAF pilot KITA Lossiemouth Burial Ground Scotland Grave 1103. Sergeant Norman Cyril Manser RAF KITA Beckenham Crematorium and Cemetery Sec. W.11. Grave 17805. Sergeant Burton (initials not found) RAF was injured but recovered.

Wellington N2900 Sergeant E A J Keighley RAF injured in crash and later died on injuries. Squadron Leader N W D Marwood-Elton RAF survived. Pilot Officer S J Jacobi RAF survived. Sergeant F Webster RAF survived. Sergeant H W Green RAF survived. Sergeant A W White RAF survived. Sergeant E Fenwick RAF survived. Sergeant A C Shankland RAF survived. There was one fatality and seven injured on N-2900.